Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804 : by Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland
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Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of the New Continent during the years 1799-1804 : by Alexander de Humboldt, and Aimé Bonpland
- Publication date
- 1814
- Topics
- Natural history, Description and travel, Voyages and travels, Scientific expeditions, Natural history -- South America, South America -- Description and travel
- Publisher
- London : Printed by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster Row ; J. Murray, Albermarle Street ; H. Colburn, Conduit Street
- Collection
- biodiversity; dumbarton-oaks
- Contributor
- Dumbarton Oaks
- Language
- English
- Volume
- 2
- Item Size
- 287.8M
7 v. : 22 cm
Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name..." - Hill
Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. "Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name..." - Hill
- Abstract
- Alexander von Humboldt's account of his monumental scientific expedition to South America and Cuba. Originally published in French between 1814 and 1825, this is the first edition in English ... This classic of scientific exploration was based on the researches of Humboldt and his companion, Aimé Bonpland, during their five-year excursion in South and Central America from 1799 to 1804. The volumes describe the voyage from Spain and the stop in the Canaries; Tobago and the first steps in South America; explorations along the Orinoco; Colombia and the area around Caracas; explorations in the northern Andes; and a visit to Cuba. 'Humboldt and Bonpland traveled widely through South and Central America, studying meteorological phenomena and exploring wild and uninhabited country. At Callao, Humboldt measured the temperatures of the ocean current which came to bear his name...' - Hill.
- Addeddate
- 2024-12-24 02:42:01
- Associated-names
- Bonpland, Aime?, 1773-1858; Williams, Helen Maria, 1762-1827 translator; Prior, R. C. Alexander (Richard Chandler Alexander), 1809-1902 former owner; Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society former owner
- Call number
- 001099971_v2
- Call-number
- 001099971_v2
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- Pages
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- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.
- Ppi
- 300
- References
- Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, 33770; Fiedler, H. Alexander von Humboldts Schriften, p. 103-107
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 10179540
- Year
- 1814
- Full catalog record
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